The Nigerwife

''Thrillingly suspenseful . . . Reveals its riches, layers and secrets through effortlessly elegant prose'' BERNARDINE EVARISTO ''A brilliantly original novel about family, motherhood, identity an ...

''Thrillingly suspenseful . . . Reveals its riches, layers and secrets through effortlessly elegant prose'' BERNARDINE EVARISTO ''A brilliantly original novel about family, motherhood, identity and diaspora, with a crime thriller twist'' AFUA HIRSCH Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a dark family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives-a community of foreign women married to wealthy Nigerian men.But when Nicole disappears